Editing Hay-on-Wye (section)

===Hay Festival===
Since 1988, the [[Hay Festival]] based in Hay-on-Wye has been the venue for an annual [[literary festival]], now sponsored by ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' newspaper, which draws a claimed 80,000 visitors over ten days at the end of May or beginning of June to see and hear big literary names from all over the world. Devised by Norman, Rhoda and [[Peter Florence]] in 1988, the festival was described by [[Bill Clinton]] in 2001 as "The [[Woodstock Festival|Woodstock]] of the mind".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=2011-05-27|title=20 facts about Hay-on-Wye and its famous festival|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-13561739|access-date=2021-03-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2012-05-24|title=Hay book fest marks 25th at "Woodstock of the mind"|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainment-us-books-britain-hay-idUSBRE84N10Y20120524|access-date=2021-03-03}}</ref> [[Tony Benn]] said: "In my mind it's replaced Christmas".<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|date=2000-05-26|title=Hay Festival of Literature|url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/may/26/netnotes.gideonspanier|access-date=2021-03-03|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|language=en}}</ref> In late July 2021, co-founder and director Peter Florence resigned as Festival Director.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/26/hay-festival-founder-suspended-bullying-allegations-peter-florence |title=Hay festival founder suspended after bullying allegations|first=Alison|last=Flood|newspaper=The Guardian|date=26 October 2020}}</ref>